“SPACE anew" an exhibition at the Shanghai Gallery of Art, sought to merge space as a thematic construct with a visual, experiential layout design. The gallery commissioned one new piece each from Yang Fudong, Qiu Zhijie and Wang Jianwei, three of China's leading new media artists. Although the small number of pieces left the spacious gallery feeling awkwardly empty, and none of the actual works was quite as creative as its means of presentation…